Pieces Of A Puzzle

People experience enough varied emotions through out their lives that they can be documented by the interval periods, when times were either up or down.  This again is based upon the perspective of the person.  I have always found that there are many people who felt that being at a low period in their life was simply an opportunity for something better to occur shortly thereafter.  If you saw your life as a large collage of pieces that were carefully put together over time, up close you could see all of the fragments of every item that was part of you which may not necessarily fit evenly with the other pieces.  However, when you step back from looking at all of the different shaped and constructed fragments, you then clearly see a large picture that came together as a result of all of the many segments.  With time and experience we learn to look forward to the many happy periods which occur, while we acknowledge the more difficult stages that made us grow and gave us a new perspective.  If you can recall your younger days when perhaps your parents bought you a jigsaw puzzle, when you looked at the many different shapes that were in that box, it contained very well constructed items that fit together evenly and smoothly once properly connected.  It would be great if one could document their life via a smooth well polished puzzle, yet, we know that in life we are made up of the many rough and not so well finished portions that can document our life story.  I know that we cannot go back to re-do history where we now know we could have done something differently that would have created a different outcome for us.  As I look at the many years behind me, I can smile about the mistakes that taught me a hard lesson, while I rejoice in the other stages that were filled with happiness and contentment.  The next time you think about the many wonderful pieces of your life that make-up the great complexity of who you are, I hope you think of the jagged pieces of your puzzle with fondness, as they are what gave you character and definition.  As your life journey continues and you add more fragments to a well lived life, think about your perspective of the many little pieces.  Don't focus on each of the small items that may not fit together so well polished.   Instead focus and step back far enough, so that you can see the complete and wonderful picture that was created as a result of the many segments that are part of your complete life.